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No. 401,499. Patented Apr'. 16, 1889'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR JUNGHANS, OF SCHRAMBERG, YRTEMBERG, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

CLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,499, dated. April 16, 1889.

Application filed February 18, 1888. Serial No. 264,846. (No model.)

To @ZL whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR- JUNGHANS, manufacturer, of Schramberg, in the Kingdom of llviirtemberg and German Empire,

have invented a new and useful Clock-York with Sn utter-Automaten, of which the follow ing is a specification, no patents being obtained by me anywhere for this invention.

My invention relates to clocks which have ro automatons combined with them which receive motion from the clock-works. In the device herein described the automaton represents a person in the act of taking snuff, the mechanism by which the several movements of the figure are produced being partly immediately connected with the clock-works and placed partly within the moving figure itself.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is afront view of the clock with the automaton 2o mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectioz.v of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line B l of Fig. i. Figfl is a sectional plan, the section being on line Q Q of Fig. i. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on 2 5 line S S of Fig. 2. Figs. G and 7 are enlarged. views of certain details of mechanism. Fig. 8 shows in plan the mechanism shown in elevation in Fig. '7. Fig. 9 is a plan showing on a plane the grooved surface of a drum which 3o is placed on the shaft of the escapement-wheel.

A designates the cloekecasing, on which is mounted the automaton, which represents a man in the act of taking snuff. The body B, the head C, and one arm, D, of the ligure are 3 5 niovable,.and the legs E are stationary. The head has a pivotal connection with the body by means of the horizontal rod F and the iixed vertical rods G, secured to the neck H, and the body is pivoted on a cross-bar, K, which 4o is carried by a frame, L, fastened to the legs or stationary part of the ligure. The arm D is fastened to one end of a horizontal shaft, a, which is loosely mounted and extends through an aperture in the shell of the body, the said arm being so counterbalanced that it is readily moved by a slight rotation of said shaft.

On the shaft of the escapement-wheel l) of the clock. is mounted a drum, d, in the periphery of which is formed a groove, c, which extends around the drum in a somewhat zigzag course. A rod, 7c, which is within the figure and pivotally connected therewith at e, eX- tends down to the drum d, a hook, f, being formed at the lower end of the rod, which engages with the drum in the groove c. The rod k extends upward, its upper end connecting with a small bent arm, g, extending from the shaft c., which carries the arm D of the automaton, so that the vibration of the lower end of rod 7c, caused by the rotation of the grooved drum d, will produce a similar movement of the upper end of rod 7e, causing a movement of arm g, by which the shaft a is partially rotated, and motion is thus imparted to arm D. The lower hooked end of the rod k in the groove of the drum d is made to vibrate from right to left or from left to right, according to the directions of the diagonal portions of the groeve by which the rod is `guided as the drum revolves. As the rod enters that portion of the groove ruiming from 1f to Ji', (see Fig. 0,) a wide movement of the lower end is produced, such movement being followed by the upper end of the rod, and through arm (y the shaft o is sufficiently turned to effect a movement of the arm D,by which the hand is raised from the snuff-bex Z to the nose of the ligure, as shown in the drawings. The rod then moving through the short passage of the groove vfrom of to such movement being followed by the upper end of the rod, allows the arm D to sink slightly, so that the hand is withdrawn somewhat from the nose, but directly it is raised again as the rod passes through the passage from a2 to ac3, after which the arm sinks as the rod passes through the long passage of the groove from Q03 to tcl. Thus the movements of the figure raising his hand from the box and applying it twice to his nose, as if in the act of taking snuff, are produced by the operation of the grooved drum through rod 7a and shaft a, provided with arm g.

The movements of arm D of the figure, as above described, are followed by certain movements of the head of the figure and of the body B, these movements being designed to indicate the pleasant sensations and comfort of the siiuiftalter. Such movements are produced by certain other devices connected with the clock mechanism in the following manner: 0n the shaft of the escapementH IOO wheel is fastened a notched disk, n. From a iixed plate, o, of the clock-movement extends f a pin, on which is loosely placed a tube, w, to

which is fastened one end of a rod, t, the free end of which is flattened and bent over to rest on the notched disk n, by the rotation of which the end of said rod t is alternately raised and lowered. A rod, r, which engages with a hook, depends from the body B, and at its lower end has a rectangular form, s, to engage with a thin bent wire, y, which is fastened at one end to the anchor-shaft h of theclockfmovement, and a rod, u,which is fastened to the tube w, is bent to partly inclose the rod r and form a guide thereto. After the wire t has fallen into the notch c' of the disk a, the rectangular part s of rod r engages with the wire y on the shaft h, said wire y being raised and lowered by the vibrations of the pendulum e', thus causing'a movement up and down of the rod fr. Both of the rods t and u being fastened to the tube w, as the former engages with the disk n, the latter consequently falls somewhat to the left or in the direction of the disk. lt is therefore essential that the wire y should be light and elastic, so as not to interfere with the vibrations of the pendulum, whichshould be made heavy enough to prevent its movement being at all affected by the movements of said wire. As the rod r connecting with the hook makes its vertical reciprocating movement, the body B, being movable, as before stated, is given a swinging motion, and the head, having a pi -Jotal connection with the body, is also given a rocking movement, being soy poised that the slightest movement of the body will be followed by a movement of the head. The figure is thus given the appearance of eX- pressing by its motions the comfort and satisfaction felt from taking snuff,

The entire movements of the figure may be stated as follows: For awhile the snuff-taker holds his hand to the box Z, during which time the rod le, or the hooked end of the same, is passing through the direct portion m of the groove c in the drum. The hand is then moved somewhat farther down, this being caused by the rod moving through the short diagonal passage indicated by fu. The figure then raises the hand of arm D to his face, this movement being produced by the rod moving through the diagonal portion of the groove from u to The hand is then brought down somewhat from the nose of the figure and is directly raised again, the repeated movement being effected by the rod passing through the two short diagonal passages in the groove eX- tending from ,15' to @c2 and thence to x3. The arm D then sinks down to itsrst position as the rod passes through the diagonal passage extending from 003 to the direct passage m, and the movement of the arm ceases.

Vhen the first movement of the hand is made, being produced by the rod k entering the passage v, a slight movement of the head and body of the figure is produced by the wire t passing the disk n. After the last upward movement of the arm D has been made, the head and body of the igure will suddenly make their movements', as above described, such movements being effected through the wire t falling into the notch of the disk n and the wire u moving the rectangular part of the rod r int-o engagement with the wire y, which is secured to the shaft h. The movement ceases when the wire has passed from the notch of the disk n and the wire u has turned rod r from engagement with wire y. The movements are repeated after each revolution of the grooved drum. Y

l. In a combined clock and automaton, the combination, with clock mechanism, of a rotative drum provided with a groove in its periphery, a figure or image havingone ormorc movable parts, and a pivoted rod one end of which engages with the drum, the other end of the rod having connectionsubstantially as described, with a movable part of the irnage, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with clock mechanism, of an image having a movable part provided with a dependent rod, Ir, loosely connected at its upper end with such movable part, the lower end of the rod being bent and adapted to engage with a wire fixed to a shaft which is actuated by the pendulum and said iiXed wire, substantially as set forth and described.

3. The combination, with clock mechanism, of a notched cam on a rotary shaft, a fixed pin with a rock-shaft placed loosely thereon, a bent wire fixed to said rock-shaft and in position to engage with said cam, an image having a movable part provided with a pendent rod, r, a bent rod, u, iixed to said rockshaft and being in position to engage said pendent rod, and a wire, y, fixed to shaft f, substantially as and for the purposes described.

Ll. The combination, with clock mechanism, of a rotary drum provided with a groove, c, an image having a movable arm, D, fastened to a shaft, a., provided with a bent arm, g, and a pivoted rod, k, one end of which is adapted to engage with arm g, the other end of the rod being in position to engage with the drum in the groove c, substantially as and for t-he purposes described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR JUNGHANS.

Vitnesses:

KARL LINGENFELDER, W. BINDEWALD.

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